Ray Block, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Political Science/Public Administration (2010)

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Education:

• Ph.D.: The Ohio State University
• M.A.: The Ohio State University
• B.A.: Howard University

Areas of Interest:

• Subfields: American Politics
• Specializations: Campaigns and Elections; Political Parties and Ideologies; Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Politics; American Presidency; and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

Teaching:

• POL 101 American National Government
• POL 301 American Presidency
• POL 302 Legislative Process
• POL 305 Political Parties
• POL 361 Research Methods in Politics and Government
• POL 365 Political Behavior

Research:

• Block Jr., Ray, and David A. Siegel. 2011. "Identity, Bargaining and Third-Party Mediation." International Theory 3 (November): 416-449.
• Block Jr., Ray. 2011. "Backing Barack Because He's Black: Racially-Motivated Voting in the 2008 Presidential Election." Social Science Quarterly 92(June): 423-446.
• Block Jr., Ray. 2011. "What about Disillusionment? Exploring the Determinants of Black Nationalism." Political Behavior 33 (March): 27-51.
• Block Jr., Ray and Chinonye Onwunli. 2010. "Managing Monikers: The Role of Name Presentation in the 2008 Presidential Election." Presidential Studies Quarterly 40 (September): 464-481.
• Block Jr., Ray. 2010. "Some Like it Hot: Toward A Political Climate Explanation of Racial Differences in Political Interest." In African-American Political Psychology: Identity, Opinion, and Action in the Post-Civil Rights Era, eds. Tasha Philpot and Ismail K. White. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Service:

• Adviser, Pi Sigma Alpha
• Research Mentor, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program